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FN Herstal and FN America Announcer HiPer and 509 Midsize Tactical Pistol

FN Herstal and FN America Announcer HiPer and 509 Midsize Tactical Pistol

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FN Herstal and FN America are announcing two new modern midsize, polymer-framed, striker-fired handguns with two different markets in mind.

Heinrich “Hein” Severloh: The Penitent Butcher of Omaha Beach

Heinrich “Hein” Severloh: The Penitent Butcher of Omaha Beach

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Heinrich “Hein” Severloh should have been a farmer. Born on June 23, 1923, in the town of Metzingen in Northern Germany, Heinrich was a man of the earth. However, in the Summer of 1941 his country called. Conscripted into the Wehrmacht, Severloh was trained as a dispatch rider and assigned to the 3d Battery

Finding Grandpa

Finding Grandpa

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I watched helplessly as the struggle carried them closer to the trail’s edge and a long drop below.

Ping! What Not To Do With Your M1 Garand

Ping! What Not To Do With Your M1 Garand

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Sometimes I like to do dumb things with firearms.  Dumb as in use it in the ways they were never intended to be used. One day while bored earlier this year I decided it was time to bring the Garand back to life.

Montgomery Scott Goes to War: LT Jimmy Doohan on D-Day

Montgomery Scott Goes to War: LT Jimmy Doohan on D-Day

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Over the years Doohan played a wide range of roles on screens both large and small. However, the one part for which he is best remembered is that of Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer on Star Trek’s starship Enterprise.

CSM Stanley Hollis: Humble Hero of D-Day

CSM Stanley Hollis: Humble Hero of D-Day

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Of the 83,115 British troops who landed as part of Operation Overlord only one man earned the Victoria Cross. Abbreviated VC, the Victoria Cross is England’s highest award for valor in the face of the enemy. It is the British equivalent of our own Medal of Honor, and it is not easily acquired.

Vermont: Suppressor Hunting Bill Signed Into Law

Vermont: Suppressor Hunting Bill Signed Into Law

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Today, Governor Phil Scott (R-VT) signed S. 281 into law, making Vermont the 41st state to allow the use of suppressors while hunting.

Mossberg Launching MC2c Compact with Four New Optics-Ready Models

Mossberg Launching MC2c Compact with Four New Optics-Ready Models

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Unlike the original pistols, the MC2c has a 3.9-inch barrel and uses flush-fitting 14-round magazines and can be used with slightly extended 16-round mags, for 14+1 or 16+1 rounds of 9mm.

TriggerCam 2.1

TriggerCam 2.1: Record In Up To 4K Through Your Day Scope 

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Aiming to capture what the user sees through their optic, TriggerCam designed their 2.1 action camera to mount on the rear of traditional scope in a way that does not obstruct the users’ field of view.

MG Maurice Rose: The Division Point

MG Maurice Rose: The Division Point

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Maurice Rose was born in 1899 in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of Samuel and Katherin Rose. The son and grandson of rabbis from Poland, MG Rose was ultimately the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the United States Army. From the very beginning, Maurice Rose was a warrior.